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Eustachys petraea (Swartz) Desvaux. Common name: Dune Finger-grass. Phenology: (Sep-) Jun-Oct. Habitat: Dune slacks and sand flats, also in disturbed areas (especially southward). Distribution: NC (Dare County) south to s. FL and west to TX; Mexico to Panama; West Indies.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, K4, Meso6, S13, WH3; = Chloris petraea Sw. — GW1, HC, RAB, S, SFla, Tx, (basionym)

Links to other floras: = Eustachys petraea - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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